Gate.



NITED STATES Patented December 13; 1904.

URI G. COON, OF RIDGEWAY, NEW YORK.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 777,333, dated December 13, 1904.

Application filed September 14,1904. Serial No. 22 L407. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, Um G. Coon, a citizen of the United States, residing at the town of Ridgeway, in the county of Orleans and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention is directed to the production of an improved gate in which the frame is bound together by wires, and the precise improvement will be set out in the concluding claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows my improved gate in elevation. Fig. 2 is a view of the latch end of the gate. Fig. 3 shows the hinge end of the gate. Fig. 4 is a top view of a portion of the gate. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section taken on the line a?) of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 shows, enlarged, the twisting ends of the binding-wires. Figs. 7 and 8 are details of the hinge oi the gate.

The frame of the gate consists of diagonal braces 1 2 52, secured together at their ends to the ends of two pairs of boards 3, the ends of the braces being nailed between the boards. The diagonal brace 1 is the full length of the gate, while the other is in two equal parts 2 2, their ends abutting against the edges of the long diagonal brace, and thereby I avoid bend.- ing the braces laterally at their crossing at the middle of the gate. For this purpose this crossing is reinforced by a pair of splicebraces 4c 4:, Fig. 5, crossing the long brace and their ends nailed to the inner ends of the short braces 2 on each side of the gate, thereby greatly increasing the strength and rigidity of the gate at the middle of its length. The long brace 1 serves as an abutment for the short braces, while the splice-braces 4 t serve as binders for the short braces. Binding line-wires 5 suitably spaced, are passed around the boards at one end of the gate and are twisted together around the boards at the other end of the gate. Battens 6, suitably spaced, are nailed to the diagonal braces, preferably alternating on each side, a batten on one side abutting against the end of the splice-brace at 7 on that side, while the batten on the other side abuts against the end of the splice-brace on that side, as in Fig. 5. In this abutting relation of the battens to the splicing-braces the battens form supports for. the inner ends of the short braces 2 and give strength to the middle of the gate. The battens are impor tant in serving as a bridging to the braces, adding greatly to their strength and serving to hold the wires firmly. The middle wires cross over the splicing-braces, and to increase the binding and stiffening function of the wires I fasten them to the battens by tie-wires 8, wrapped around the battens and the linewires, and I prefer to fasten the wires on alternate sides of the battens, as shown in Fig. 1, to increase the binding effect of the wires. Obviously the wires may be twisted between the battens; but tying them to the battens gives better results than merely twisting the wires, because the ties keep the strands of the wires together and secure them as a single strand to the battens. Sagging is prevented by the cooperating relation of the mediate battens with the splicing-braces, the line wires, and the main braces. To hold the linewires in their proper relation around the end boards, I employ a tie-wire 9, connected to each binding-wire by a wrap turn and fastened to the top and bottomiof the boards in any suitable way, so that should the wires become loose at the ends of the gate they cannot slip down or be forced apart.

As the diagonal braces are nailed between the end boards, the tightening of the binding line-wires will cause undue strain upon the nails, and to prevent this blocks 10, Figs. 1 and 4, may be nailed to the braces, so as to abut against the inner edges of the boards, so that the binding force of the wires would be resisted by the blocks.

By using a pair. of boards for each end oi" the gate a convenient means is provided for mounting the gate by simple strap-iron hinges, a strap 11 being bent to term the pintle-socket 12 and the ends of the strap nailed to the opposite sides of a block 13, which is nailed be" tween the end boards, as in Fig. 3, against the diagonal braces at the upper and lower ends of the gate.

These )intle-bloclzs in- 1 crease the strength of the hinge end of the gate and have oblique ends to fit the oblique abutting edges of the braces, as in Fig. 7

Looking at Fig. 6 the ends of the line-wire are seen twisted together in a Way to make a strong tie, and in making this twist a space 14 is left by which to finally tighten the wires. Looking at Fig. 1 are seen the wires 8, that tie the battens to the line-wires horizontally, and 00- operating with these batten-ties the line-wires are tied together at the sides of the battens by vertical wire ties 15, which I prefer to use only for the three line-wires at the top and at the bottom of the gate. Each end of each batten is in this way thoroughly tied to the line-wires and renders the gate stifi. and strong.

I claim- 1. In combination, a gate-frame having diagonal braces, line-wires and battens, a pair of supplemental braces the end of each abutting against a batten on alternate sides of said diagonal braces at their crossing whereby the said supplemental braces and a pair of battens reinforce and brace the middle of the gate vertically and laterally.

2. A gate-frame comprising end boards, oblique braces, line-wires, and battens, and means for increasing the strength and stiffness of said frame consisting of a pair of supplemental braces the end of each abutting against a batten on alternate sides of said diagonal braces at their crossing, and a block at the end of each diagonal brace affording abutments bearing against the inner edges of each of the end boards, whereby to support said boards against the binding force of the linewires.

3. A gate, having its mounting end constructed of a pair of boards and a pair of pintle-blocks secured between the boards, in combination with the diagonal braces secured between the boards in abutting relation to the pintle-blocks, and the line-wires.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

URI G. COON.

WVitnesses:

JOHN J. RYAN, LOUIS E. HENIoN. 

